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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

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